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Child Abuse Laws in Canada

Part VIII of the Criminal Code / Against the Person and Reputation

Child Abuse: Neglect and Family Violence

If you have been charged with a crime in Ottawa, you should consult with a criminal defence lawyer in your area

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Dubuisson Law Office

Ottawa, Ontario
75 Albert St
(819) 772-1249

Bayne Seller Ertel Carter

Ottawa, Ontario
200 Elgin St #500
(613) 236-0535

Ayesha Kumararatne

Ottawa, Ontario
200 Elgin Street, Suite 202
(613) 421-8920

Bayne Sellar Ertel Carter

Ottawa, Ontario
200 Elgin St #500
(613) 236-0535

Chiarelli Cramer Witteveen Llp

Ottawa, Ontario
102 Centrepointe Dr.
(613) 723-9100

Russomanno Criminal Law

Ottawa, Ontario
331 Somerset Street West
(613) 232-8389
Child Abuse in Ottawa, Ontario - Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Legal Terms

Evidence

Evidence, which can include testimony, documents, expert statements or photographs, can be introduced by either side to support that a position is either true or not true. Any evidence introduced must be relevant to the case at hand.

Power of attorney

A legal document giving one person, or more than one person, the authority to manage your money and property on your behalf. In most of Canada the person you appoint is called an “attorney.” That person does not need to be a lawyer.

Reasonable doubt

The Supreme Court of Canada has said that reasonable doubt “falls much closer to absolute certainty than to proof on a balance of probabilities” and “that something less than absolute certainty is required, and that something more than probable guilt is required."

Spanking

Punishment that may be legal if it is “transitory and trifling” in nature. The Code stipulates that the force cannot exceed what is "reasonable under the circumstances."

Uttering threats

When someone says or conveys a threat to cause a person’s death, bodily harm or damage to property. It also includes threatening to kill, poison or injure an animal or bird that is the property of any person.